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gem: MAI LS. A? R LVED-I Gottenburgh, t Dublin. Du .& —i Gotten. burgh, t Waterford, PRICE OF sTocKs TIVIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols THE SUN. SOLLM QC:IS DICSI2I 7ALSUM AUDZAT LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1808. 1,34 t night a Mail from Gottenburgh arrived. I:VI:al - a:ions were making, according' to the last ac c:,unts, by Sir JAMES SAUMAREi and the Swedish l kilmiral, to make an attempt r. ,toburn the Russian • , net in Port alltic, as the Russian Admiral has - thoUght proper to rejea the favourable terms which wet - e offered to hiin. It is stated, in a letter from Konigsburgh, dated the 13th inst. that the Emperor ALEXANDER and the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE w . k. l 'expeCted there during the course of that week, on their way to Erfurth, for the purpose of having an interview with BUONATARTE. Notwithstanding all the sacrifices which the • Emperor ALEXANDfiIt has made to promote the views of the French Usurper, since the unfortunate Peace of Tilsit, we can scarcely be:ieve, that with the fate of CHARLES IV. and FER DINAND VII. before his eyes, he would venture to put stimselt into the power of BUONAPARTE. No tb].og but the blindest infatuation could induce him to such a step, for we cannot suppose that CAU w:;:•:u RT has been able to keep the Emperor in ' , oraoce ot the events wt. 401 have occurred in within the last few. monphs, and of the melan ..::o situation )f the Royal Filthily of Spain. If the E,nperor ALEXANDER once puts- himse lf into Buo ..,,,rAliTE's power, he will not speedily revisit St. l'e.:ersburgli. He will be kept as a kind of ho.ite, „while -BUONAPARTE is carrying on his pions against Ausiria and Spain, and forced, per baos, to exert the strength of his Empire, and thereby to contribute most essentially to his own uliiulate ruin. - We cannot thirefore bring ourselves to believe.that ALEXANDER will—be induced to obey the summons of BUONAPAETE; and to attend him t Erfurt!). It is, however, extremely probable that the Corsican should - use every means in his power to itldLiC: the Emperor to venture out of his - dominions. die cannot be quite easy as to the state of aliairs in , the. North 1 he must be apprehensive that the Russian Government may at last be awakened to a sense of the danger with which it is threatened, and he. is conscious that while he is , engaged with Austria and with Spain, the Northern Powers may take the opportunity of re-establish ing Ole in:leoendence of the North of Europe. It would therefore be ot the utmost importance to him to have the person of the Emperor of Rns',.ia in his power ; but nothing short of absolute inanity, on the part of that Monarch, could induce him to comply with a request by which he would at cncc degrade his own dignity, endanger his own a tety, and compromise the best Ili - retests of his Em pire. THE intelligence which we had yester i day the 'pleasure Of communicating to our Readers, respell ing the recovery of the property so infamously seiz ed by the French at LiShun, must excite general 83 ',faction, not only because the Portuguese' re that. property, but because the French ma r,2uctets are .disappoiated and deprived of their ex pected booty. Indeed Ic was itIlpoOk: to conceive that Sir Fhw DALiYMPLE con,ld: . intend by the , Contention, in sA natever terms it a ptight be express ed, to give that latitude to it to, which it was ex .tencled by French artifice, and to staffer the a horde of pluncerers to retire with their spoil. But the Pro clamation which we this clay present to our Readers, issued by the British and French Commissioners, fully settles this matter, and proves that the French were only to remove that private property which belonged to t hetn . lancl tot that of which they had dispossessed, or rather infamously plundered, our AllieS. It it; impossible to suppose that KELLERMAN would have put his name td such a Proclamation, unless it was in stri6l confotTnity to the real import of the previ- Iris Conventicin, and, therefore, a great part of thu y which! the - OppOsition Prints have cast upon this - Convention must fall to the ground.' This was, indeed, one of the chief grounds of attack on the Convention, and if it had been well founded, we should ourselves have joined in reprobating any.Ar tz:le in it that had given a sanction to such grosi in•. justice. The more we consider what has passed at Lisbon, the more we are dispoied to rejoice in the line of condua we have adopted. Never shall we hesitatt!, to condemn what may be injurious or dishonourabl e to the Country; but we shall never be guilty of ratite prejudication, .when the fads have not been brought to light, when we know that an ample incdsti,iio.ri will take' place, and when we consicfei - the char'atters of t e parties pon whom (ensure is thrown, without a knowledge of the gout* that may be offered in exculpation of imput:d gciit. Such, we are sorry to say, has not been the condu6.l of many of our competitors. They have obviously demon strated a satisfa&ion at the opportnnity with which the Convention furnished them of giving way t o personal pique and. to party spirit. It is impos sible to read some of the comments on the con du& and charaaer of Sir ARTHUR WELLESLE,Y, without being firmly convinced that they were writ ten by secret enemies to him and to his family, for his relations have been repeatedly dragged in when the Convention has been mentioned, and the private qualities of every individual of that family have been made ,the topics of illiberal taunts and rancorous refleaions. Sir ARTHUR'S termer services have been entirely overlooked, and he has even been represent ed as the entire author of that Treaty to which his name is affixed, in conformity to his mi litary duty.—As to the p arty spirit that has been shewn en this occasion, it is manifest, by the attacks on Ministers, who are bitterly arraigned for a mea sure which must prove as grievous to them, if it should really be found to commit the national charaaer, as to every other man in the Empire.— Ministers, we are authorised to say, as soon as they heard of the Treaty that had been made, sent off dis patches, intended to prevent any compromise of the na tional honour, and did every thing in their power tocor tea error, if it had aaually been committed; and there fore to attack them on this ground, is only to shew a disposition to use every possible means to get them out of office, and to restore men whose talents had only tended to bring ruin on the Country, and rivet the chains in which Gallic despotism holds the Conti nental Powers. SECOND EDITION. SLIN-OFFICE, HALF PAST TWO, P. M. We stop the Press to state that a Moniteur of the 20th inst. has reached town.—lt contains a most curious and interesting account of a Speech made by BUONAPARTE to his Troops on the Parade, the preceding day. It appears that the intelligence of the Convention in Portugal has not been quite so agreeable to BUONAFARTE as lbe Opposition `Writers in this Country have endeavoured to pre- suade us. Soon afier the recciet of that intelligence, he as- sembled his Troops on the Parade, and told them, that their labours were by no means concluded 5 that they had traversed Austria and Prussia, but they must now traverse France, cross the Pyrenees, and take a dreadful vengeance upon the Spaniards for their Rebellion. T e English, he said, had coniamina;ed Spain and Portugal with their presence, but their success should not be of long continuance, for the Leopards of Spain, Portugal, and England, should all soon be devoured by the Eagles of France. This is the substance of this most extraordinary Speech, the whole of which is couched in such ex- travagant terms, that it appears more like the rav ings of a . madman than the speech of a General to his soldiers. It does not appear from the Moniteur, that this speech was received with any marks of applause by the soldiers. The Moniteur does not contain any other intelli- pence of importance. We have received a private Letter from Lisbon, which states, that the publication of th e Proclarna tion signed by Generals BEREsEoßriand KELLERMAN, which is given in a subsequent Column, has created the utmost discontent in the French Army. Gene- n 1 RINor in particular was perfe&ly enraged at the loss of his plunder, and has issued- a formal protest against the interpretation which General KELLER- MAN h - as put upon the Convention. On the other hand, KELLERMAN contends that the interpretation was corre&, but says he did not Intend that the Proclamation should be published, as it will ruin him in the estimation of the French Army. Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, Princesses So li/HA, AUGUSTA, and AMELIA, accompanied by Lord WALsiNotiANt,•Lady tioNvE, General Furzrtoy, Co 1011e1S TAYLOR' and DESBROW, rode in the Great Park, and returned at twelve. His MAJESTY'S intention of receiving the distin guished Foreigners from Spain and Portugal at the Levee on Wednesday, collected a concourse or people about the Queen's Palace, who gratuiated them as they passed and repassed, and they in their turn icnowledged ti,e honour iu language strongly ell!" pressive cf their feelings. FORTVCAL. On the tOth, the Generals appointed to superin tend the execution of the Convention, in order to satisfy the minds of the Portuguese upon the subjeds of the property, issued the following Proclamation : PROCLAMATION, BY THE BRITISH AND FRENCH COMMISSIONERS, FOR SEEING CARRIED INTO EFFECT THE CONVENTION AGREED UPON BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE COM MANDERS IN CHIEF. " For tke fulfilment of the stipulations made in the Con vention agreed upon for the evacuation of Portugal by the French Army, That property of every kind confiscated, or seized, from the subjeds, or other persons residing in Portu , gal, whether of the Royal Palace, Royal and Public Libra ries, and Museums, and from individuals that'are still exist ing in Portugal, should be restored: We, the Commissioners for seeing carried into execution the said Treaty, as his Excellency :the Commander of the French Army has already noti fied to his army, think it also right to make public the same for the information of all concerned ; and for facilitating the restitution, or the receiving back such property, we have judged expedient to appoint e Committee of three persons, viz. Lieut. Colonel TRANT, 0. Sr. ANTONIO RODRIGUES DE OLIVEIRA, and Mr. DUBLIUR, Commissaire des Guerres, to meet at No. 8, Cargo do Loretto, who are appointed to receive, inquire into, and judge of all reclama tions on this head, and whose orders for the restitu tion of property, to whomever addressed, are to be obeyed. And it is direded that keepers shall have charge of sequestrated br seized property in every house to which it may have been .removed, to as sure the conservation of objects or moveables trans ported from royal or public houses, to others,"f6r the use or convenience of such General, Adminis trator, or other subje& of the French Atmy.. These keepers will make the description of all nzeutles with the name of the owners, and be accountable for whatever is therein, and they will be delivered only on legal proof of ownershiV, to the possessbrs of such articles as above described, who will transmit to this Committee a return of what each may. have in his possession of the, property designated. ••And'all persons may with safety apply to this Tribunal. " We think it necessary also, to make known to whom it may concern, that any purchase rriade'of articles taken from the public arsenals or stores since the 30th August, or whatever shall on trial be proved to have been illegally sold or disposed of at any time, even previous to the 30th August, shall be null' and void, the articles seizecl,and the persons purchasing subject to what the law may further dire6t. " f The Committee assembled to receive rechma tions, and facilitate the restitution of proper • , hold its sittings at the house of Si - . ANTONIO RODRaGUES DE OLIVEIRA, NO. 8, Cargo do Loretto. 4 . W. C. BEIkESFORD, M.• j : Gen. " PROBY, Lieut. C-lonel, British Commissioners." " Le General K ELLE RMAN, " Le Commissaire Francais pour I' Execution de la Convention du 30 tiout," " Lisbon, Sept. to, 18,8." 6' From on board the Conqueror, Sept. g: 1 1 moored in the Tag My last was On the sth instant, by the Biosso2. On that day enteredbtehiewiieeriLtlishF,fl)retetst.and Jnlien and jein Castle; where moored it is expected to re ma i n t ill the first division of the French army quits Lisbon. They . a r e now embarking on board otr transports, with their horses, artillery, and every thing belonging to the army, as Well as a great part of the plunder they took from the Portuguese. The whole of our army are advanced near Lisbon, but they are not to enter the town till the greatest part of the Fre'dch are ern , - , i barked ; but I hear they wish our troops to be in tho town before their force is too much weakened, fear 2 ing that the Portuguese inhabitants would rise upon theremainder, and revenge themselves 1 , ,r all the enormities they have committed, and the plunder of which they have been robbed, which they know our troops would not allow. " JunoT is to go to France in La Nymphe ; we are to furnish the transports with every thing they want.' The Russian fleet is to go to England,• escorted by seven Sail of ,the Line: two of the , Russian ships are so bad, they are not fit to go to sea, and will therefore, be broken up here. The other seven are completing their, provisions from our ships, and making every. preparation for their departure. It is supposed they will 'sail the be ginning of next week. .The ships whiph form the escort are the Barfieur, Admiral YtER ; Done gal, Elizabeth, Hercule, Aged, Ruby, and Con queror. " Sunday _Night, Sept: 11. " I have just learnt that a vessel sails to-morrow morning at day-light, with dispatches. Admiral TY-. LER, with his squadron, went out of the Tagus to day, and is to anchor off Cascaes, where they will be joined by the Russian fleet, which is to go out qi the Tagus to-morrow morning. " The French army is to sail in three divisions. The first di vision'are embarked, and will sail almost immediately, under i convoy of La Nwnphe, Captain PERCY, who takes JUNOT on board, with twenty OttieerS of his Stair. The Resistance, Captain ADAMS, goes with the second division ; she also takes two Generals and other o:fieers. L'Aimable, Lord GEORGE STEWART, goes with the third divi sion ; each diviion will consist of nearly 8000,nien. " SEPT. 12.--I 'closed my letter this mb r hitia ' , thinking the Podargu s , w hi c h i s go i ng to England with Dispatches, was about to sail ; butlearnina c ait till. the fionrsttiidiniveismioynaocfcotluientFtriepnctl:i this, I will the latest moment. .1: [l4: " The Russian Red, consisting of six Sail of t Rine and two Frigates, went out of the Tagus this morning. Admiral TYLER, with his Squadron, wa,..; waiting outside to receive them, and will proceei immediately to Portsmouth. In passing through our Ships, they manned the rigging, which was re turned by our Ships. The two Line-of-Battle Ships left behind are in possession of a few men, w ho tire left for the purpose of taking care of them until their fate shall be determined. " The first division of the French army are all ready to sail, except their wanting some water, which will soon be supplied ; and La Nymphe, with the French Commander in Chief on b'oard, made the signal for sailing this afternoon. We are to pro vide Transports to carry '2.1,,,000 men, and JIJNOT is allowed to take 800 horses, that is, including those for the artillery, cavalry, Sec. He himself has bought up all the English horses he could get, at 100 guineas each. The L'jlimable, Capt. Lord G. STEWART, , is to have charge of the convoy, and the Admiral is particularly anxious they should oil to-morrow. They go to Roads. The atITIY is to be landed at Rochelle. The second division of the army begins to embark either to-morrow or vela day. Our troops have now entered Lisbon, and the Portuguese Flag is flying at Belem Castle, and roost of the fortifications. The French had taken off 3 vast quantity of plunder, but a Committee of Gel le c i ral Officers have appointed Commissioners to a ttend the embarkation, &c. &c. a n d m o s t o f it has bee d 3 re-landed, and the i n habit a nts are requ ired to se.n,i in all demands they may ha ve on th e F re nch) I t toc are attended to. " SEPT. Podargus sals to-day, a t One o'clock. The French colotuS are hauled down this morning on board the Ships of War, and they 1 11. taken possession of by the Boats of the Squadron/ for the PRINCE REGENT. " The Eclipse arrived to-day from Oporto', with a convoy of light Transports, to convey the French troops home." LISBON, SEPT. 10.—" We remain hitherto very much in ignorance respelling the Convention agreed upon between the British Generals and JUNOT, no thing whatever having been published here. Aa the information we obtain is, from what is eoing for ward in the embarkation of the French ‘‘long with. their spoil, which does not augur very favourable- It is a curious sight at this moment, to see the flag s of so Many belligerent Powers flying at the same t r „i n ' e ' in our port. The British flag is hoisted at the L#"; cas, and flying on board the English fleet 1) , ipg, orr the westward of the port. • The Portuguese at St. Julian, the French at the Castle of Belem, flag t"; Russian on board their fleet to the eastward , the Spanish flag is flying on the south of the "Tagus s, where it has been hoisted by the Spaniards who were on board the hulks, and are now on shore. We re commend you not to send usany goods except such OS may find a sale in the army and navy, as it is la/ - possible to give yon an adequate description of our distressed situation, and the poverty to which Ibis place is reduced. There is Ho money whate ver circulation, and the situation of the lower order „ or persons is retched. Many persons have di e d want, and ow streets ate crowded with begg ar '' v : These are the blessings which the French leave us." 10. "Comp at Casso, near Liston, Sep t. ' l v ot.l "Ot the result of our campaign in Portl 1111,33 hay.- . slreaq of course intbrmed. Bu t l ed acm:aint you with a good thing which 113 Pr a l Officers to plunder Lisbon . esterday. JUNOT had allowed his Geee'"'', t his permission, the 'Bishop's Palace, the Public Utn o c rem .and the Churches were exposed to the nw st _, bee p and barefaced pillage, after the Convention signed with the British Commander. Th e ret ,4ll traces of Lisbon and the principal persons. p . 0 , the Chief t a complaint to the Commander in d been 11.- ready embarked, but Jo NOT was —in consequence of . , _ es, t British Forces. About 8000 French order The British Commander instantly restoredsl' that to him to cause every thing lb be reviously had been taken from the Portug uese t P -rdaY• H O "' the Capitulation, and down t 9 Ye' thought they astonished the French were, w. )o I • g quiet's , thin . 0,4 should have carried off every his Geller leave you to judge_JUNOT and . t•ut It a and Officers are in the greatest rage ; Ino ue still k ill I avail them nothing. A Military C"n erts „hp' has been app o i nte d, to w hi c h all t prop 11 de' dered, wh et h er P ortuguese or English, 15 , t° ,, lu nie, livered. The amount w ill, it is said, be " 11 some say a milli on or two sterling." tions,ALetter from Oporto, dated the 7th inst• tneho that none of the wounded .Officers were carried to that place had died." We are haPP I to state this pleasing fa I, for the information of th e relations of our gallant countrymen. The LORD MAYOR has appointed an especial Ca rt , of Common Council to be held at the Guildhall, "I' twelve o'clgek precisely, on Tuesday next, to c°;11: sider of - an Address to His IVlAJzsTv,for a n iti(1" 11 2 into the cause of the late disgraceful Convention IQ Portugal. f An investigation has taken. place in the Messrs. Walsh and Nesbitt, who sic' pped payw e i; ) , a few days-ago, upon which it appears that whole -amount, of the claims upon them is 174,00' f to meet which they lave assets in hand aniountioit to 159,0001. taking the City Houses they have a.:r vanced money upon at the 'lowest estimate. ' 11 1 . ) , /, deficiency arizes from the Prizes in the City L ott yb having been over-rated in the first instance, Will' - they made themselves liable to pay, according toy ail:, estimated value in the Lottery Scheme. jhe r i " je it `we understand, no foundation for the repor t e having in . their • hands' 50,0001. belonging' to a ‘. tinguished Law Officer. - t o el DUEL PREVENTED. ---Yesterday morning a (. c' was intended to have taken place between Rlt - \1 DEN, a Gentleman from Yorkshire, and MI% THIAS, who holds a situation tinder Goveron,ll_, The parties met in a. field near Harnmersraitb,;,d •Pst ompanied by their seconds, the lion. Mr T. Esq.—This challenge was in conseouTit' f ,5 3 letter'sent by the latter to the. former, re'Pe tend' 30png Lady, whom it appears they are both c0.,5 : ..„. o attached to; but were. prevented i n their lutes 14 the interference of some officers sent for that P to L P e se p . th l e l p e ea p c a e rti i e n s. smeties each. , vt s . o e o re l. k f lf o t r er w t haertndsseZt:da,nodVe.tro,o.